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ALBUMSchütz: Italian MadrigalsLes Arts Florissants & Paul Agnew
Albums by Paul Agnew
ALBUMSchütz: Italian MadrigalsLes Arts Florissants & Paul Agnew
ALBUMGesualdo: Madrigali, Libri quinto & sestoLes Arts Florissants & Paul Agnew
ALBUMGesualdo: Tenebræ Responsoria, Feria QuintaLes Arts Florissants & Paul Agnew
ALBUMVivaldi: The Great Venetian MassLes Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew, Sophie Karthäuser & Lucile Richardot
ALBUMGesualdo: Madrigali, Libri terzo & quartoLes Arts Florissants & Paul Agnew
ALBUMGesualdo: Madrigali, Libri primo & secondoLes Arts Florissants & Paul Agnew
ALBUMMonteverdi: Madrigali - Cremona Vol. 1Les Arts Florissants & Paul Agnew
ALBUMMonteverdi: Madrigali Vol. 2, MantovaLes Arts Florissants & Paul Agnew
ALBUMDowland: Lachrimae (Alpha Collection)Thomas Dunford, Ruby Hughes, Reinoud Van Mechelen & Paul Agnew
ALBUMVivaldi: Arie d'operaSandrine Piau & Paul Agnew
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Paul Agnew Essentials
His tenor shines in Baroque and pre-Classical music.
Artist Biography
One of the world's foremost tenors specializing in Baroque opera and choral music, Paul Agnew has a long vocal résumé that includes works of many nationalities and time periods. He has also turned to conducting in the second half of his career, becoming the first conductor other than founder William Christie to lead the noted French Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants. Agnew has recorded a wide variety of material, including songs of Ivor Gurney. In 2018, conducting Les Arts Florissants, he released an album devoted to little-known French Baroque motet composers Sébastien de Brossard and Pierre Bouteiller. Agnew has led music from beyond the French Baroque, initiating recorded series of the madrigals of Monteverdi and Gesualdo in the 2010s and 2020s. In 2023, the Gesualdo series concluded with recordings of the composer's Fifth and Sixth Books of Madrigals and the Tenebrae Responsories.
Hometown
Glasgow, Scotland
Genre
Classical